Yeah, but all of those songs were about ass shaking, booty calls, and being crazy in love. This recent batch are all feeble attempts at being patronizing to the listener by being "deep" and lightly touching on important social issues while being generic enough to spend weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.
And so where does "Empire State of Mind" fall? I put that in the same bunch with "Live Your Life," "Runaway Love" and songs like that. Not "Airplanes," "Love The Way You Lie," etc.
yes they are different lyrically, but the I'm just sick of Alex's productions coz its like every where now
at least stargate changes the formula
With the exception of "Don't Stop The Music" in 2007, Stargate just started changing it up when the "Irreplaceable"/"With You"/"Tattoo"/etc. sound became old and stopped selling. They were basically doing the same thing Alex da Kid is doing right now, but then again, so was Lil Jon.
And so where does "Empire State of Mind" fall? I put that in the same bunch with "Live Your Life," "Runaway Love" and songs like that. Not "Airplanes," "Love The Way You Lie," etc.
Completely agree. It was the last a dying breed, that's now evolved into musical diarrhea.
I hope the video you posted is Tell Me (I can't see ), but yes this song slays as well. But not because of Diddy, no one is here for him, only for X, who looks slick in the video
Yeah, "Empire State of Mind" was the last of its breed.
It falls in this classic batch of collaborations:
Method Man/Mary J. Blige
Nas/Lauryn Hill
Puff Daddy/112/Faith Evans
Jay-Z/Beyonce (Bonnie & Clyde)
2Pac/Dr. Dre/Roger Troutman
Biggie/Mary/Aaliyah/Faith Evans
Those are just some notable collaborations where the singer is backing the rap star.
Yeah, "Empire State of Mind" was the last of its breed.
It falls in this classic batch of collaborations:
Method Man/Mary J. Blige
Nas/Lauryn Hill
Puff Daddy/112/Faith Evans
Jay-Z/Beyonce (Bonnie & Clyde)
2Pac/Dr. Dre/Roger Troutman
Biggie/Mary/Aaliyah/Faith Evans
Those are just some notable collaborations where the singer is backing the rap star.
Yasssssssssssss at all these songs. Especially Puff and Biggie.
It's not about who started something 45 thousand years ago. The entertainment industry likes to copy recent hits. So no matter that this formula existed in the distant past...
It's not about who started something 45 thousand years ago. The entertainment industry likes to copy recent hits. So no matter that this formula existed in the distant past...
No, I'm not against that, but I don't think "Empire State of Mind" started any trends, and it certainly didn't start the AP/LTWYL/INAD/CW trend. That's a whole new trend there.
It's not about who started something 45 thousand years ago. The entertainment industry likes to copy recent hits. So no matter that this formula existed in the distant past...
ESOM started the modern idea of it. Airplanes started the specific somber chorus sung by vulnerable-sounding female vocalist formula.